Hi Wil,
Yes, this newsletter will be similar to those on the page you linked.
The relevance of an article about check fraud is that Wikimedia thematic
organizations should be aware of financial security issues that could
impact them, and check fraud is one of those issues.
Yes, a how-to article about setting up a secure MW installation would be in
scope for the security newsletter.
Pine
On Aug 19, 2014 3:19 AM, "Wil Sinclair" <wllm(a)wllm.com> wrote:
Hi Pine, I'd love to contribute. I'll mail you
offlist about that, but
I have a few general questions that others may be wondering about.
Would this be similar to one of these newsletters?
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletters#List_of_newsletters
If so, from your list of topics it sounds like this one might be a bit
different than the other newsletters in that material relatively
unrelated to WM/WP is fair game. Maybe I'm just a small-minded techie,
but you lost me at check fraud.
I'm assuming a how-to on how to set up a MediaWiki installation
without getting completely pwned by spammers and mals. Hint: don't let
untrusted users move and delete pages. :) Also, I'm working on
security integrations between MW and some other popular open source
projects. If anyone has anything to say about this stuff, please mail
me offlist or maybe we can take it to a more specific list.
Anyways, best of luck with wherever you guys/gals take this.
,Wil
In collaboration with Chris Steipp, I am
considering starting a monthly
security newsletter for Wikimedia, focused on common risks and mitigation
techniques. The target audience is the broad Wikimedia community
including
developers, WMF and chapter employees, and
volunteers with high risk
accounts.
Example topics:
Phishing
Coding best practices
Wifi security
Securing data stored on cell phones
Check fraud
Preventing insider theft of funds in Wikimedia organizations
If you are interested in contributing to the newsletter please email me
off
list.
Thanks,
Pine
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